Subject: Re: Adrian Garza , Gallery sucmission
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "ADRIAN GARZA" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 01:02:28 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

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Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

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  From: ADRIAN GARZA 
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  Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 12:46 AM
  Subject: Adrian Garza , Gallery sucmission

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  Hasegawa, 1:48 F-4J PHANTOM II
  VF-84 JOLLY ROGERS
  by Adrian 'DREN' Garza
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  Hello my PHriends. This is my F-4J PHANTOM II. A classic from Hasegawa. Despite Academy's recent entry in the quarter scale Phantom court, Hasegawa still holds it's own with their offerings in the 'SPOOK' sector. I have built this kit and the other variants, many times and it never gets old to me. Always a pleasure.
   Because of my soft spot for naval aviation, I could not resist in dressing this fine bird in the stark and handsome livery of the VF-84. This load out of CBU's (cluster bomb units) is not typical of VF-84. I just wanted to demonstrate the naval PHANTOM's attack capabilities. 

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  Aero Master decals 'PHANCY PHANTOMS' Pt. VI, supply the JOLLY ROGERS markings, along with some of the kit's stencil markings. Aero Master's "victory stripe" decal (that drapes over mid fuselage), seemed to be on the short side and joined in the wrong degree of angle. Of course this was only discovered during application. I quickly removed it before it completely adhered itself and opted to hand mask a negative space, silhouette of the victory stripe. Sprayed a base of white for the yellow to follow. Masked the borders with narrowed cut strips of TAMIYA tape and hand cut each individual "chevron" mask, then positioned and spaced them accordingly within the borders, along the stripe. Sprayed the black "inlay" color, peal off the masks after proper drying time and voila! A clean victory stripe that touches down nicely to the wing roots. 

         
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  Paints are by Model Master Acrylics and Tamiya Color Acrylics. Gloss and flat clear finishes are by Floquil. Metallics are Alclad II. 
  True Details resin wheels for the feet and Martin Baker MK7 ejection seats in the office, along with Eduard photo etch and scratch details. 
   Aires exhaust cans and ordinance from Hasegawa's weapons sets, round off the details. 

  I hope you enjoy viewing this "black bearded pirate" as much as I enjoyed building it. 
  Adrian Garza

  Photos and text © by Adrian Garza